Two trial-trenches (each 6m long x 1.80m wide) were excavated at Broadacres, London Road, Great Horkesley, in advance of groundworks for a replacement extension, new outbuilding and associated landscaping (CBC planning application 172702). Both trenches were excavated through four layers. Modern topsoil/turf (L1, c.0.04-0.16m thick) and a thick layer of accumulation/make-up (L2, c.0.3-0.4m thick) sealed subsoil (L3, c.0.2-0.38m thick). Layer L3 overlaid natural sands (L4, identified at a depth of c.0.65-0.75m below current ground level). The only significant discovery was a single sherd of mid-late Bronze Age or Iron Age pottery from the subsoil.<1>